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Eucomis zambesiaca

Tropical Pineapple Lily

Family AsparagaceaeGenus Eucomis

Cream flower spikes crowned with leafy tufts, rising from broad wavy green leaves in a rock bed
FlowerMichael WolfCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
WhiteWikipedia
Native range
Malawi, Northern Provinces, ZimbabweGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 365 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 12 months from start to sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.

100% germination in 21–35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Eucomis p. 33Public domain
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Eucomis (Liliaceae). E. zambesiaca DS 1 y or 2 y germ. 70D(8/8 in 3-5 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Eucomis p. 33. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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